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To: indthkr
True, except for the little problem of enslaving people. More than a slight discontinuity with the "all men are created equal" vision of the Constitution.

In 1860 slavery was not unconstitutional.


I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races [applause]—that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will for ever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.

A. Lincoln

85 posted on 02/22/2021 6:13:19 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va
"In 1860 slavery was not unconstitutional"

A major portion of that view point (Dred Scott case) was held on the basis that black people are not human.

This is the same type of anti-science approach that Democrats now use to justify biological men competing in women's sports.
86 posted on 02/22/2021 7:05:02 AM PST by indthkr
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